
Apr 29
Montclair Film Montclair, NJ
TicketsCharles Rosen
CEO of Ironbound Farm
Common Ground— Working with nature—Lessons learned from regenerative agriculture
Program Description
Students from Technology High School in Newark will join us at The Clairidge cinema to screen COMMON GROUND. After the film, Ironbound Farm founder Charles Rosen will lead a discussion with students about how regenerative farming practices help build a farm’s internal strength and stability, and allow farmers to work in harmony with nature, not against it.
Film Synopsis
How can regenerative farmers bring soil health across the continent and beyond?
Common Ground is the highly anticipated sequel to the juggernaut success documentary, Kiss the Ground, which touched over 1 billion people globally and inspired the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to put $20 billion toward soil health. By fusing journalistic expose’ with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of the food movement, Common Ground unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind our broken food system. The film reveals how unjust practices forged our current farm system in which farmers of all colors are literally dying to feed us. The film profiles a hopeful and uplifting movement of white, black, and indigenous farmers who are using alternative “regenerative” models of agriculture that could balance the climate, save our health, and stabilize America’s economy – before it’s too late.
About the Speaker
Charles Rosen is the founder and CEO of Ironbound Hard Cider and New Ark Farms (collectively known as Ironbound Farm), a Newark-based social enterprise focused on workforce development and regenerative agriculture.